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Any Success Stories or Do "Difficult Children" Ever Come Around?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 714985" data-attributes="member: 4152"><p>Our son was kind of a difficult child.</p><p>He had a crazy difficult year his last year in high school. It was very unexpected. I think it was combination of depression, anxiety and a difficult life event and it all came crashing down.</p><p>It got so bad, we had to send him to boarding school.</p><p>When he got back, we did mega tough love.</p><p>He got a good job, met some very nice people, got awards at work, enrolled in college and graduated with honors.</p><p>He then proceeded to get several awards at work.</p><p>NOT kidding.</p><p>A success story for sure.</p><p></p><p>Our adopted daughter is mentally ill. </p><p>Decades of big time difficulties.</p><p>She is an adult now.</p><p>I can't say the outcome is as good.</p><p>HOWEVER, I can tell you there is<strong> improvement.</strong></p><p>She is on disability and has a roof over her head.</p><p>She chooses much better friends of late.</p><p>She is almost always polite with us (but at times falters)</p><p>She takes the bus to her doctor appointments regularly.</p><p>She takes her medications regularly.</p><p>She does her own grocery shopping.</p><p>She still struggles with bathing regularly, budgeting, overall decision making and fully understnding logical consequences....but teeny tiny increments of improvements have been made in all areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 714985, member: 4152"] Our son was kind of a difficult child. He had a crazy difficult year his last year in high school. It was very unexpected. I think it was combination of depression, anxiety and a difficult life event and it all came crashing down. It got so bad, we had to send him to boarding school. When he got back, we did mega tough love. He got a good job, met some very nice people, got awards at work, enrolled in college and graduated with honors. He then proceeded to get several awards at work. NOT kidding. A success story for sure. Our adopted daughter is mentally ill. Decades of big time difficulties. She is an adult now. I can't say the outcome is as good. HOWEVER, I can tell you there is[B] improvement.[/B] She is on disability and has a roof over her head. She chooses much better friends of late. She is almost always polite with us (but at times falters) She takes the bus to her doctor appointments regularly. She takes her medications regularly. She does her own grocery shopping. She still struggles with bathing regularly, budgeting, overall decision making and fully understnding logical consequences....but teeny tiny increments of improvements have been made in all areas. [/QUOTE]
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